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ICE pitches legal insurance to help shield local officers who make immigration arrests

By Ryan J. Foley, Associated Press

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement is pitching a plan to help shield local police officers who make immigration arrests from possible financial consequences if they are accused of on-duty misconduct.

Instead of selling, business owner donates company to trust for charity

By Liz Landers, Jackson Hudgins

Last month, Eddie Smith, the owner of Grady-White Boats in Greenville, North Carolina, made waves when he announced that he was pledging nearly all his company's future profits to charity. Instead of selling Grady-White, Smith chose to gift it to…

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Supreme Court asked to review Texas law requiring the Ten Commandments in public schools

By Michael Kunzelman, Jamie Stengle, Associated Press

In their Supreme Court brief, the families' attorneys argue that the law violates basic First Amendment principles governing the separation of church and state.

Luigi Mangione's state murder trial postponed indefinitely as double jeopardy fight plays out

By Michael Sisak, Associated Press

Judge Gregory Carro issued an order Monday canceling the trial and giving the Manhattan District Attorney's office, which is prosecuting the state case, until Oct. 9 to respond to the defense's double jeopardy claims.

U.S. school vaccination rates inch down again as exemptions reach record high

By Mike Stobbe, Associated Press

It’s the fourth consecutive year that the national average exemption rate has reached a new record, and the vast majority are parents withholding shots for nonmedical reasons.

Mom and sister testify about Lindsay Clancy's declining mental state before she killed her children

By Michael Casey, Leah Willingham, Associated Press

Clancy's mother and sister recounted how they saw her become increasingly anxious, paranoid and suicidal in the months before she killed her three children.

Trump blames vandals for damaged grass in the spot where he held his July 4 celebration

By Mike Catalini, Gary Fields, Associated Press

Trump has repeatedly blamed vandals for damage to his renovation projects in the nation's capital, often without evidence and sometimes despite opposing accounts from his officials.

WATCH: Trump meets with teen lifeguard who rescued child in California

By Associated Press

A teenage lifeguard who saved a 10-year-old boy from pounding waves off the California last month was honored at the White House on Monday.

Cleanup begins in Hawaii after intense rain and flooding from Hurricane Lala

By Associated Press

Lala weakened from a hurricane to a tropical storm Sunday after lashing the state without making landfall.

Hayden Panettiere, who started her career as a child actor before starring in 'Heroes' and 'Nashville,' dies at 36

By Hannah Schoenbaum, Associated Press

The television star, who would have turned 37 on Friday, had been open about her struggles with alcohol addiction and depression, including after the birth of her daughter in 2014.